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registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average payment time is for each Governmental department for invoices submitted by SMEs as of 10 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Brandon Lewis
uin	119930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not currently require departments to publish the average time taken to pay invoices to SMEs. However, departments do publish information on the overall percentage of invoices paid within 5 to 30 days. As of the end of the last financial year, 13 out of 16 departments were paying over 85% of all invoices within 5 days, and 14 of 16 departments were paying in excess of 95% of their invoices within 30 days.</p><p>The Procurement Bill currently progressing through the Commons contains a Clause (68) that will require all contracting authorities to publish specified information relating to invoice payments. It is intended that the average time taken to pay an invoice will be one of those specified pieces of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/01/2023 17:13:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1296910

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount Government departments owe in late payments to small businesses since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	161763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Government does not maintain a central estimate of late payments owed to small businesses.</p><p>Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has issued a number of procurement policy notes with the goal of supporting cash flow to suppliers by accelerating payment. These have included a range of approaches such as forward ordering, payment in advance/prepayment, interim payments and payment on order (not receipt).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/03/2021 17:38:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1141757

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure Government (a) suppliers and (b) subcontractors are paid on time.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	281592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to paying 90% of undisputed and valid invoices from SMEs within 5 days and 100% of all undisputed and valid invoices within 30 days. Government departments must report their payment performance on a quarterly basis on GOV.UK.</p><p>Through the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Where this is not happening, businesses are encouraged to raise this with the Public Procurement Review Service in the Cabinet Office, who will investigate.</p><p>From September, any supplier who bids for a Government contract above £5m per annum will be expected to pay 95% of invoices in 60 days across all their business. Any supplier who is unable to demonstrate a fair and responsible approach to the payment of their supply chain may be excluded from bidding.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 03/09/2019 08:48:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1061095

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 213413 on Government Departments: Billing, what proportion of undisputed invoices from SMEs were paid within five days by each Government Department in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	221685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. Departments are required to publish this information quarterly on Gov.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:33:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1061110

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 213413 on Government Departments: Billing, how much money (a) was and (b) was not paid to SMEs within five days by each Government Department in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	221686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. Departments are required to publish this information quarterly on Gov.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:33:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1061115

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 213413 on Government Departments: Billing, how many undisputed invoices from SMEs were paid within five days for each government department in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	221687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. Departments are required to publish this information quarterly on Gov.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:33:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1050221

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the target time is for the Government to make payments to small and medium-sized enterprises; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of payments by the Government met that target in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	213413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Government policy is to pay 80% of undisputed supplier invoices within a 5 day target, with the remaining to be paid within 30 days, as required by the Public Contracts Regulations</p><p>In October 2018, the government announced the ambition that all departments commit to paying 90% of undisputed invoices from SMEs within 5 days. Officials are working with departments to explore how finance systems are able to accomplish this</p><p>Departments are required to publish their prompt payment performance on a quarterly basis on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 31/01/2019 14:48:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1029535

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 185519, whether the move to the new shared service platform resulted in any payment delays in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The move to a new shared service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. These issues included the migration of data relating to purchase orders and invoicing, staff knowledge of the new system and technical issues with a new chart of accounts.</p><p>We have been working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements as part of a coordinated programme of work to ensure we pay our suppliers as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/01/2019 10:18:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1024035

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of his May 2018 consultation on whether Government suppliers with a poor payment record should be excluded from Government procurement contracts in future.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>On November 29, I announced a new prompt payment initiative to ensure all Government suppliers and subcontractors benefit from being paid on time. For the first time, failure of companies to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers could result in them being prevented from winning government contracts.</p><p>Coming into force on 1 September 2019, this will ensure the government only does business with companies who pay their suppliers on time, many of which are small businesses. The move will promote a healthy and diverse marketplace of companies providing public services.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:30:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024036

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what monitoring processes the Government uses to check that main contractors pay sub-contractors within 30 days.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>The Public Contract Regulations require public sector buyers to pay their suppliers within 30 days and require these payment terms to be passed down the supply chain. Should circumstances of non-compliance arise, we encourage sub-contractors to contact the Public Procurement Review Service in the Cabinet Office who will investigate. The service has helped suppliers reclaim over £5 million in late payments.</p><p>A new prompt payment initiative to ensure all Government suppliers and subcontractors benefit from being paid on time, will come into force in Autumn 2019. Companies who fail to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers face being prevented from winning government contracts. This move will promote a healthy and diverse marketplace of companies providing public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/01/2019 15:28:48 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith